Anxiety and Flow By Gigi Taylor Having anxiety is a battle in and of itself. Now add being a prison wife into the mix. It’s like a double whammy. How

“Mom, I’m Marring a man in prison.” By JoJo Matthews I recently told my mom that I am marrying Joey. She knows that he is locked up, she used to

Published by Melinda Hull I was never a “superhero” person. Not really a movie person at all…but, my Love is. I caught a preview for Wonder Woman while sitting with

Prison Mirror Hack By Adam Clausen If you’re fortunate enough to still have a tile shower stall, instead of a shiny, new steel box, you’ve likely found yourself struggling to

What do prison wives and turkeys have in common? They both use such fowl language. Ba-dum-ching! I’m corny, I know. But now that I have your attention, I wanted to

THEY TOOK HIM AWAY THIS MORNING  By Nicole Richardson You can find this poem and more in Nicole’s book Broken Silence: The Thoughts and Struggles of a Prison Wife They took him

VIDEO: How do I survive the holidays while still missing my loved one? It’s time to start counting down to the Holidays. Yay and boo! Is a time of year

Difficult Decisions Difficult decisions                                                             Published JoJo Mathews Don’t worry this isn’t a blog where I say I am leaving my loved one ok maybe I’m leaving him but not

Invisible shackles Published by: Admin JoJo Matthews The countdown is on until my daughter returns to Oregon. It makes me sad to think of the loneliness I will go through

Since February Since February Published by: JoJo Matthews My last blog was February 1st and after re-reading it and seeing how much hope I had. Well 4 short days later

By: Cedric Dean “I’m On My Way,” Poem By Ceric Dean at FCI Fairton (Clemency Recipient 2017 By: Barack Obama) I’ve been gone since ’95 For mom and me it’s

A Prisoner – By Michelle M. (Clemency Recipient 5/5/16 By: Barack Obama) Each day it’s a reality I’m a prisoner of every nationality Things we do in our life today

April 28, 2017 The Words We Use by Ro & Adam How do you support your loved one? How does he support you? What words do you use? How often

Five years ago, two Prison Wives lived across the country from each other, were brought together by a similar experience and became fast friends. What seemed like such a little

Hello February!! Published by: JoJo Matthews A brand new month, a clean slate. If things have not been going your way today is the day to shake it off and

Being silly is good for the soul Published by: JoJo MatthewsOne of the the big things I love about Joey is that I’m able to be myself 100% and know

My words to you for 2017 Published by: JoJo Matthews Loves today is a brand new day to a brand new year let’s all make the most of it. Times

Lifer sister Published by: Admin JoJo Matthews If any of you have read my story not only am I a lifer wife I’m a lifer sister. My brother was locked

Yep…forever…for Life….a lifer’s wife Published by: JoJo Matthews She meant well I’m sure but nevertheless I was hurt, pieces of my heart stepped on again. I didn’t just hurt for

Jealousy and it’s ugliness Published by: Admin JoJo Matthews Jealousy, what an ugly emotion and an ugly definition of a word. Dictionary.com defines the word as follows: feeling resentment against

The sad truth Published by: JoJo Matthews I follow Flikshop on Facebook. For anyone that doesn’t know what Flikshop is it’s an app that you can download on your phone.

A fine rose Published by: JoJo Matthews So I have been trying to write this blog for a couple of days now but my computer likes to do it’s own

Emotional Published by: Admin JoJo Matthews Yesterday was a very emotional day for me I finally got to see my love after 40 days. He was on 30 day loss

Know your worth Published by: JoJo Matthews I had to take a couple of days to calm down a little bit before writing this blog. I am learning on this

Patience Published by: JoJo Matthews This blog isn’t meant to make you feel better rather inform you. I have been reading a lot of posts lately here and on Facebook